FFXIV 2.0 Random Speculation/Question Thread XII: End Of An Era - ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE!

[Shiyo]

I would love to see Poppable NMs return. I had always thought that these types of content was something that games like WoW, Tera and GW2 could use creatively. I would love regular lottery spawns and stuff as well, but Poppable NMs would be a good start.

Poppable NM's are one of my favorite things ever. I don't know why they aren't used more often in MMO's, they're such cool design, and a system already exists in place that someone outside your party can't help you on things that are "your duty" or whatever, like leves.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Developers use phasing as a more current way of creating a pop NM-type situation. Complete some pre-req (ala getting a pop item) then go to some area and fight a personal mob for some drop. Phasing removes the risk associated with the open world scenario such as mob theft. So the idea isn't dead it's just implemented differently in some games.

[Kiarax]

I do hope we get some form of NMs we can restrict access to. Fighting some of the beta NMs with just 2-4 people was a ton of fun, but a lot of the time you don't get a chance to experience that since a gang of people will show up eliminating all difficulty.

[Skai]

Dungeons?

[Kiarax]

Dungeon bosses have been easier than some NMs so far, it'd also be nice to have some substantial combat encounters without having to go through an easy (standard mob pulls) and linear dungeon just to get to the good stuff. The Ifrit fight is a great example and I ended up just going back and doing it on a bunch of classes for fun. I'd like to see them expand on that for more than just primals. Some guildhests show a lot of potential too so I guess it's really just a case of seeing what we have available at launch.

[Jaybar]

I remember in P1 and P2 if you did Tam Tara there was an optional mini-boss that you could branch off into. They got rid of it this go-around but I hope they bring back some of those elements as well.

[Eanae]

They've already basically said dungeon content is purposefully easy and linear for casuals when people were asking for increased difficulty and that raids are where the fun, harder content will come into play. It kind of sucks but as long as we get the good shit at 50 I'll live.

[Heslon]

I didnt really test macros yet, but as far as i know it is possible to change gear with macros... so will endgame be like ffxi where you have to swap gear for every single ability/spell etc...? or is it not possible to change gear while fighting? (I hope not, because i dont want to change gear all the time like in ffxi)

[Amiricle]

I didnt really test macros yet, but as far as i know it is possible to change gear with macros... so will endgame be like ffxi where you have to swap gear for every single ability/spell etc...? or is it not possible to change gear while fighting? (I hope not, because i dont want to change gear all the time like in ffxi)

Gear change text macros are no longer functionable. There are gear sets that can be activated with a button click, but can't be done in combat.
Macros not working is a little annoying as I'd like to have one that only equipped my hermes shoes rather than having to make an entire gear set to use them.

[Raldo]

Macros not working is a little annoying as I'd like to have one that only equipped my hermes shoes rather than having to make an entire gear set to use them.

Once you get monk up to Fists of Wind, you'll want to change the whole thing so you get the sprint bonus and the FoW movement bonus.

[Kainos]

can materia be attached to accessories (rings, wrist ect) ?

[Jamison]

can materia be attached to accessories (rings, wrist ect) ?

Yes. I'm not sure if it's every single accessory slot, but many of them do.

[Kiarax]

Whats the cap on number of advanced meld slots? Guessing 5 slots max including normal slots?

[Raldo]

5 is the most I've seen (on the .dat mined stuff), so yeah probably.

[kisada]

can you use any craft level 19 to attach materia to gear?

[Evane]

The DoH that repairs the item will be the only one able to meld it.

[Raldo]

The DoH that repairs the item will be the only one able to meld it.

Do you still need to be at or above the level to equip the item to meld onto it? I haven't touched materia in beta. I'm not wasting my time on crafting just to have progress nuked.

[Evane]

Do you still need to be at or above the level to equip the item to meld onto it? I haven't touched materia in beta. I'm not wasting my time on crafting just to have progress nuked.

I can't answer that since all my DoH classes are 50. IIRC, in 1.0 it was equipment level +10, it might still be the case.

[Kachiko]

Still confused. I understand that having 1 DoH gives me access to the Materia Quest, but does that mean a lvl 1 DoH craft can now attach materia to any armor that requires the DoH to repair it, or does the DoH have to be within 10 levels of the item level you're trying to attach materia to?

[Niiro]

In 1.0 the DoH required to repair the item could affix materia to it if they were of the same level or higher as the item.

A level 48 weapon that required BSM for repairs could have materia affixed to it by a lvl 48+ BSM.

Repairs required you to be within 10 levels of an item (a level 38 BSM could repair a level 48 weapon, but would need to be at least level 48 to affix materia).

I don't know if this has changed in 2.0, I didn't look into materia at all.